1.1 视频简介


Hello, my name is Alex, and if you want to learn about and improve your English pronunciation, you've come to a right place. There are videos, quizzes, activities and downloads to help you practise your English. Now good pronunciation is very important for good spoken communication. But what we mean by good pronunciation? When you don't have to speak English like a native speaker, it's fine to have a different accent. But what is important is that you are able to speak clearly and you don't prevent other people for understanding what you're trying to say. There are many different English accents in Britain and all around the world. These are role good models. Now my accent is standard southern British English, and that's what will be showing you on the site. Have fun!

大家好,我是艾莉克斯,如果你想学习及提升你的英语发音,你来对地方了。这里有视频,小测验,活动及下载资料,可以帮你练习英语。目前对于愉快的口语交流来说,拥有出色的英语发音是非常重要的。但是我们所说的出色发音是什么意思呢?当你不必像母语者一样说英语时,有一些不同的口音也是ok的。但重要的是你要能够清楚地表达并且能让别人听得懂你在说什么。在英国及世界各地,有着各种各样的英语口音。这都是一些好的典范。我的口音是标准的英国南部英语,即将在网站上展现给各位。希望大家都能愉快地学习!


人物简介

Alex has an undergraduate degree in Arabic and Turkish. She followed this with an MA in (Theoretical) Linguistics at University College London (UCL) and a PhD in Linguistics at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) where she focused on Arabic phonology and phonetics.

艾莉克斯本科专业是阿拉伯语和土耳其语。硕士是在伦敦大学语言学专业就读,其后,在伦敦大学亚非学院获得了博士学位,期间,她的研究方向主要是阿拉伯语音系学和语音学。

She's also a CELTA-qualified English language teacher and spent a few years teaching English as a Foreign Language. At the time these videos were made in early 2008 Alex was lecturing part-time in the Linguistics Department at SOAS and was working as a Pronunciation Linguist in the BBC's Pronunciation Unit.

同时,她也是一名持有剑桥成人英语教学证书的英语教师,多年从事英语作为外语的教学工作。2008年,这些发音视频录制时,艾莉克斯在伦敦大学亚非学院的语言学部门从事兼职教学,当时她正在BBC的“发音单元”版块担任发音专家。